Gaps on Bamboo floor?
Question:I'm installing bamboo floor, and there are some gaps in several of the joinings. Especially where the livingroom (vertical) meets the corrider (horizontal) and the panels run in a different. I was trying to avoid putting a treshold there. I remember hearing about a filler (like grout for hardwood floor) Does anyone know what that is? Or another way to work with this?
Answers:
Hi
i dont recommend using crout or other stuff
your better off installing a filler with a T cap to join both
since your using a laminated flooring expansion play a big part in it
30 yrs master carpenter
grout is an ugly way to cover a problem. A "T" cap expansion strip is better to use in a floating floor. Make sure you are running square to what is already lay-ed down. Using a framing square and a level to extend your line farther off of the square is a good way if you do not know how to do the 3/4/5 triangle for a square extension. 3ft one way from an axis point and 4 ft perpendicular and 5 ft connecting the hypotenuse of 3ft and 4ft line. Then snap line from original axis point thru the 5ft intersecting point down the hall. This will be a reference line to keep you square and straight. It is important to be straight in a hallway. If your original floor is not perpendicular with hall, you must use a "T"strip to cover seem and follow parallel with the hallway wall.
The manufacturer will have expansion "T" strip recommendations for their product. It also may depend on the climate in which you live in.
hi...a threshold is your most logical option it's officially called a "t molding" of which you can get that will match your bamboo flooring...if you do not want a threshold get the color appropriate WOOD FILLER for bamboo floors. Go to Lowes and go to the flooring department and they will be able to show you various flooring fillers. But like I said before the best looking and the right way to do it would be a threshold, because what your trying to attempt is for actual floor layers to attempt so your vertical and your horizonatal are flush like a T and then you would put a small amount of matching wood floor filler. Good luck...i work at Lowes in the flooring department and your not alone.
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